Category: Health

The quality is poor in this picture on the left, but then again so was the quality of my life back then. For YEARS I lived a life where the most common question among my friends wasn’t “are we going out tonight” and instead was “where are we going out to drink tonight.” It was an every day thing. Getting drunk wasn’t ever the goal. We just wanted to get drinks after work. It was just a social thing – what everyone did. It was a formed habit. The topic of conversation each night… gossip, gossip, and more gossip. Until 2013 that’s just what I did and then I had a sort of awakening one day.

I don’t even know how to explain it. I just remember meeting everyone out one night after work and after the gym and when I got to the bar I had a moment where time nearly stood still. I saw people whose marriages were falling apart from constant drinking, I saw people cheating on their significant others, I saw people getting in fights in one corner of the bar, I saw people stumbling around slurring their speech and embarrassing themselves, among many other things. None of these things were commonplace by any means, but I think all of it was happening at once so God could show me that there was no bright future going down the track I was headed down. At that moment I walked out of the bar having not even had time to open up a tab and never turned back.

So much time was wasted every day after work for years when I could’ve been spending time becoming a greater version of myself. I’ll never get that time back and I really don’t spend time concerned about that time lost. All I can control is the controllables and one controllable in my life is how I spend my time now. If I have spare time now I listen to personal growth and development podcasts. I listen to talks and watch YouTube videos on business. Mariah and I watch videos and read books to grow deeper in our faith. We are committed to growth in all meaningful areas of our lives. It is a simple exchange we chose to make. We have chosen to exchange pouring alcohol into ourselves for the pouring of leadership and personal development into ourselves.

This is not a condemnation on drinking or a judgment on anyone who does. I don’t think it’s wrong or bad to have a glass of wine or a beer, but that’s not where I was at back then and the frequency of the social drinking was terrible. I just simply realized that I didn’t know anyone’s life that was improved from it and knew that nothing in my life was going to get better from continuing that social habit. I was right. When I broke that habit and began spending that wasted time on something meaningful my whole life changed.

Look at what has happened since I made those positive changes! I’m married to an AMAZING woman and mother, I now have two BEAUTIFUL children, I have hung out with my man-crush Drew Brees TWICE, I built an incredible business with my wife which provides an awesome residual income stream for our family, and I had the honor of speaking on stage in Dallas Cowboy Stadium at a leadership event in front of 20,000 people!

Time is important and is our most valuable resource. Once it’s gone it’s gone and you’ll never get it back. Spend the time you have on this side of the grass wisely. Create meaningful relationships and know that your friends and associations are either stretching you or choking you. Cut bad habits, cut the cable, quit reading and watching the news, and instead spend time doing things that matter.

“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.” – Roger Babson

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Last night I decided to make Snickerdoodle Protein Cookies with the brand new seasonal Snickerdoodle Meal Replacement Shakes using our friend Brandi’s AdvoOreo recipe! They are so quick and easy AND DELICIOUS!

First of all these are seasonal shakes as well as the Caramel Macchiato and Pumpkin Spice shakes. So if you want some of these you better get them while they last because once they are gone they are GONE!

What’s Needed:

1 cup almond flour or 1 cup of raw almonds made into almond flour in a food processor

Combine dry ingredients, then add wet ingredients; mix well. Dough will be sticky but drop by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet, then form into what looks like a cookie. They will spread just a little tiny bit while baking, but they won’t rise, so don’t make them too thin or too thick.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 mins (NOTE: Place oven racks closer to the upper middle of the oven).

If you would like to make the Snickerdoodle Oreo filling then while baking, prepare the filling in a separate bowl:

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I’m not the cook in our family. My wife takes the cake on that one. See what I did there? 😉 I can; however, cook up a few healthy easy-to-make things in the kitchen. One in particular is protein pancakes that I’ve had multiple times in the past couple weeks. They’re simple, quick, and don’t leave much of a mess at all. Here’s the “whatcha need” and the “how to”:

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We are nearing the end of the holiday season and I hope that you have slowed down enough to enjoy your time with family and friends. We have been blessed many times over in 2015 including our greatest blessing, the birth of Camille!

As we reflect on 2015, we consider ourselves blessed as we remember all of the families we had the pleasure of helping pursue their health and fitness goals each and every day. In addition to helping families with those goals, we have also helped numerous other families begin to replace incomes so that they can have complete time and financial freedom so that they can live life on their terms and with their loved ones. We are always looking for more people that want the same thing. So if that’s YOU or you know someone that is looking for the same thing, let us know and we can help you make 2016 the best year yet!

With that in mind, we are ready for January 2016! January is always the perfect time of year to refocus and rededicate ourselves to living healthy and happy. We hope that you will decide to join us in this Nationwide 24 Day Challenge. We all know the AdvoCare products make a difference in people’s lives day in and day out. The two core products we continue to use every day are Spark and the Metabolic Nutrition System, which at full retail are ONLY $4.78 a day! Most people spend more than that on Starbucks, sodas, and junk food throughout the day.

Here are some results from some of our friends that have had success joining us in the past:

Our friend Emily has gone on to lose over 30 pounds and 3 pants sizes!

Our friends Bert & Debbie completely transformed in just a year:

Our friends Maggie has gone on to lose 60 pounds, 6 pant sizes, and has kept it off for over a year, and gained energy to keep up with her 3 children:

So here’s the deal with the Nationwide All In Challenge:

The Challenge Begins Jan 11th

THERE’S FREE STANDARD SHIPPING

Pre-ordering ends 12 p.m. CTJanuary 4, 2016.

Here’s a little run down on the “All-In Challenge”:

The 24-Day Challenge Includes

24-Day Challenge® Daily Guide

One box of Herbal Cleanse

One box of AdvoCare® Fiber

One bottle of OmegaPlex®

Two boxes of AdvoCare Spark®

One box of MNS® 3, C or E

One box of Meal Replacement Shake

AND WHILE SUPPLIES LAST AND EXCLUSIVELY WITH PRE-ORDERS!

FREE Limited Edition Blender Bottle

FREE All-In Wristband

FREE Meal Prep Containers

Exclusive First-Look at the Digital Cookbook

FREE Standard Shipping

We hope that you will decide to join us and thousands of others for the All In Challenge. The more the merrier and it’s always easier to do a Challenge with a large group of people!

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Whoever came up with the idea of Cyber Monday is a genius! The way everything is moving online now that was a great idea. It keeps you from having to get around the Black Friday mess (the long waits, the crowds, etc.). It also allows you to order form your own home and have items shipped directly to your front door and most of the time within 2 days of ordering. Know what’s even MORE genius!? How about CYBER WEEK! That’s right – an ENTIRE week of discounts! That’s what AdvoCare just shocked us with and we learned very early on that when they say “limited quantities” or “while supplies last” they mean it. As I’m writing this post they’ve already run out of the sale price quantity on one of our all time favorite products, Catalyst. :..( Good thing we ordered a bunch today. The latest these items will be available if this Friday, December 4th, but don’t wait around because…

I’m a numbers guy, so when I did the math this is what I came up with: Mariah and I use Spark EVERY day (2-3 times per day each). That’s 4-6 scoops total per day. Right now Spark canisters are $7 OFF. That’s INSANE! We stocked up on Spark because knowing we are going to use it every day it makes sense to get it now instead of spending $7 more per canister later on something we know we are going to purchase anyway. We go through a canister a week at our house (4 per month). By getting them now we can save another $28 a month just on our Spark! There are 52 weeks per year and by purchasing now at $7 off per canister we can be saving ourselves $364 on just our Spark!!! Say what!?

Similarly, we go through a lot of stick packs on road trips. Instead of paying for them at our 40% discount we decided to get them now while they are discounted even more knowing that we are going to buy a ton of boxes throughout the year. It just makes sense to purchase these products knowing we are going to get them anyway. It’s like purchasing super discounted groceries ahead of time knowing you’re going to eat them in the near future.

Still, always only purchase what you can afford, but also be financially wise and save yourself money on something you’re going to be purchasing anyway..

The absolute BEST deal of them all is that OTG (On The Go) is on SUPER SALE! It’s $25 off the regular price! We just loaded up on these BIG TIME before they sell out for good. Just look at that sale!!!

Two of the other products on sale right now are the Holiday Meal Replacement Shakes and folks, let me just tell you that these are the BEST two flavors hands down! You can make SO MANY things with them including fudge, pancakes, etc. They’re $10 OFF right now and when they’re gone they won’t be back until about this time next year! Look below to see some awesome recipes with the shakes…

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Everyone that knows my wife knows that she’s an AMAZING cook! In addition to cooking incredible healthy Paleo meals she’s also made some Paleo desserts; however, she’s not the only dessert chef in this household! 😉 I’ve been eating pretty strict Paleo for the past 5 years now and any opportunity that I have to make a healthy or even “semi-healthy” dessert to satisfy my sweet tooth then I’m going to make it! My favorite healthy desserts seem to always revolve around figuring out ways to use more of our AdvoCare products and lately I’ve done just that by making “easy to make” PROTEIN FUDGE!!! This is by far the best one I’ve made yet and it only takes FOUR INGREDIENTS!

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Last year we had Launchapalooza 1.0, which was incredible! Several new products were released and all of them were incredible. This summer AdvoCare has decided to run Launchapalooza 2.0 and there have already been some awesome NEW releases and some oldies but goodies brought back!

The first BIG surprise was that OTG (OnTheGo) was made available to consumers instead of just on the Major League Soccer sidelines! Let me tell ya’… DELICIOUS! I like all of them, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be Orange and I think Mariah’s would be Mango Pineapple. We went through the first few boxes so fast that we just ordered more today. We have been told that they’ll sell out for quite some time with the last remaining cases available until this Thursday June 18th. So if you’re going to order, ORDER FAST!

The next big surprise was the change to the distributor kit. When someone enrolls for the wholesale discount they now get THREE boxes of Spark instead of one box of Spark and one of Slam! That’s nearly $70 of retail product, a 20% discount. your own microsite to order whenever you want AND the ability to earn extra income for JUST $79 with ZERO monthly minimums, auto-ships, monthly fees, etc.! I have always said that it was an absolute no-brainer to enroll for the discount before, but now it REALLY is!
The latest product release came today in the form of the AdvoCare Peach Bars! This is the “oldie, but goodie” product! I remember these from when I started using AdvoCare products. They became unavailable for quite a while, but today they have just made a big comeback! Mariah has never had one so we made sure we ordered some of this “limited time only” bar TODAY! You do not want to miss out on these tasty snacks!